# dialectal
## English
### Etymology

From dialect +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧lec‧tal

### Adjective

dialectal (comparative more dialectal, superlative most dialectal)
* Of or relating to a dialect.
* Peculiar to a (nonstandard) variety or lect.
** 1908, “lay v.¹”, in James A. H. Murray et al., editors, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 1, London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 128:Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.

#### Derived terms

* adialectal
* bidialectal
* dialectality
* dialectally
* extradialectal
* interdialectal
* intradialectal
* monodialectal
* multidialectal
* non-dialectal
* nondialectal
* pandialectal
* semidialectal
* transdialectal

#### Translations

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#### See also

* dialectical
* lectal

### Further reading

* “dialectal”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “dialect”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “dialect”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
* “dialectal”, in Collins English Dictionary.

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djalekˈtal/ [d̪ja.lekˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: dia‧lec‧tal

### Adjective

dialectal (epicene, plural dialectales)
* Alternative form of dialeutal.

## Catalan
### Etymology

From dialecte +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [di.ə.ləkˈtal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [di.a.lekˈtal]
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧lec‧tal

### Adjective

dialectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dialectals)
* dialectal

### Further reading

* “dialectal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “dialectal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “dialectal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “dialectal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From dialecte +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dja.lɛk.tal/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dia‧lec‧tal

### Adjective

dialectal (feminine dialectale, masculine plural dialectaux, feminine plural dialectales)
* dialectal
    Le lituanien comporte deux grands groupes dialectaux.Lithuanian consists of two large dialectal groups.

#### Derived terms

* continuum dialectal

### Further reading

* “dialectal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* dialectau (Gascony, Limousin, Provençal)

### Adjective

dialectal m (feminine singular dialectala, masculine plural dialectals, feminine plural dialectalas)
* dialectal

#### Related terms

* dialècte

## Portuguese
### Adjective

dialectal m or f (plural dialectais)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of dialetal. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dialectal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dialekˈtal/

### Adjective

dialectal m or n (feminine singular dialectală, masculine plural dialectali, feminine and neuter plural dialectale)
* dialectal

#### Related terms

* dialectalism

## Spanish
### Etymology

From dialecto +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djaleɡˈtal/ [d̪ja.leɣ̞ˈt̪al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: dia‧lec‧tal

### Adjective

dialectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dialectales)
* dialectal

#### Derived terms

* dialectalmente

### Further reading

* “dialectal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10